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Spain Emerging as Winner after EU Stress Tests
The results coming out of Europe�s bank stress test are less important than the accessibility of the inputs to investors. That is why the country with most �failures� � Spain � is emerging as the biggest winner. In a financial … Continue reading
Spanish Stress Tests Highlight Divergence
The stress test results published by the Bank of Spain on Friday underlined the performance gap between the commercial banks that account for half of the sector and many of the savings banks whose bankrolling of the Spanish property surge … Continue reading
Investors Predict Spain Will Benefit from Stress Tests
Investors are betting that Spain’s government will benefit more than its troubled euro-zone peers from the results of Europe’s “stress tests” of big banks Friday. Despite growing concern about the rigor of the European tests, Spain’s government bond market has … Continue reading
EU Leaders Under Pressure Over Bank Stress Tests
With markets unconvinced that stress tests on 100 European banks will be stringent enough, policymakers are carefully balancing secrecy and disclosure. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in particular — markets are most concerned … Continue reading